Ricardo Colaco

Beretta Trap Shooter

Presentation

Hello everyone, My name is Ricardo Manuel Sebastião Colaço and I’m a trap shooter since 1990. I was born on 9th July 1976 and I live in Sitio dos Virgilios – Faro. I train in Club de Tiro O Pinhal and my gun is a Beretta DT11.

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Discover more about the Successes!

Biografy

Ricardo started shooting when he was 16 years old and in 1997 he competed in 1997 for the first time in the Portugal National Championship where he took the individual silver medal and the team silver medal.
In 2001 he took part at his first ISSF event, the World Championship of Cairo where he grab the 9th position.
During 2003 he was the gold medalist at the Cup of Portugal and he took the team silver medal Portugal National Championship.
In 2004 he took the bronze medal at the Cup of Portugal and the individual silver medal at the National Championship.
In 2005 he won the Cup of Portugal and at the National Championship ne took the individual silver medal and the team bronze medal (he grab the team bronze also in 2006). Furthermore in 2005 he won the South Regions of Portugal Championship and he took the bronze medal at the same competition in 2006.
In 2007 he was bronze at the Cup of Portugal and at the Portugal National Championship he took the individual bronze and the team silver medals. The next year he was the individual silver medalist. In 2009 he was bronze at the South Regions of Portugal Championship.
During 2010 he took the individual 2nd position at the National Championship and the 3rd at the South Regions Championship. Instead in 2011 he was team silver medal at National Championship.
In 2012 he took the bronze medal at the Ibero-Americano Championship, the silver medal at the Cup of Portugal and the individual silver medal at the National Championship.
He grab the team silver medal at the Lima 2013 World Championship.

What Does he bring on shooting Range?

The Shotgun

The DT11 is Beretta’s top-of-the-line competition shotgun, used by the world’s absolute best clay shooters. It is built around a vault-tough cross-bolt action, a whole 3mm wider than its predecessor’s (the DT10) and therefore stronger and even more durable. DT11 Trident Beretta. Ricardo Colaco shots with Dt11 Beretta.